It is now over four decades since the famed archaeologist and explorer Indiana Jones first appeared on our screens in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The creation of George Lucas, it borrowed heavily from the Saturday morning cinema serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Although not quite as prolific as Lucas’s Star Wars franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels spawned a whole range of merchandise. This book brings together a large selection of the multitude of products that have been created as a...
Collectibles 101: McDonald's Happy Meal Toys
by Joyce & Terry Losonsky
Begin your fast food collecting adventures with this pocket-size guide in hand. It displays a multitude of promotional toys distributed by fast food restaurants in approximately 300 full color photos, with current market values, convenient check-off boxes to help you record and organize your collection, and a comprehensive index. From Arby's and Burger King to Wendy's and White Castle, toys from over 24 different fast food restaurants (other than McDonald's) are represented. Whether 3 or 93, all...
The last decades of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century in Germany produced some of the most beautiful and inventive tin toys ever, leading rightly to the designation of a Golden Age. In the second half of the nineteenth century, there were many small toy manufacturers located in France and Germany who produced and distributed toys of the highest quality. However, catalogues of their products were few and far between, so that, for example, the discovery of a complete Rock & Gr...
Scalextric, the ultimate boys' toy, arrived in toyshops in 1957. The first-ever electric slot-car system, with uncontrollable tinplate cars running on heavy rubber track, it brought the speed and glamour of motor racing to suburban living rooms. Classic marques of the day such as Aston Martin, Jaguar and Lotus featured in the early '60s scalextric sets, and over the years that followed all the classic Formula 1 battles were re-created in schoolboy form, followed by sports cars, rally cars, and c...
Christmas Swear Word coloring Book Vol.1 (Swear Word Coloring Book, #1)
by Adult Coloring Books, Swear Word Coloring Book, and Kathleen Walker
Matchbox Toys 1947 to 2003 (Matchbox Toys: Identification & Value Guide)
by Dana Johnson
Big Book of Toy Airplanes (Identification & Values (Collector Books))
by W Tom Miller
LEGO is fun. So are toy weapons. The only thing more fun is LEGO toy weapons! A compilation of badass brick weapons-some that actually even work-this book is designed for the adult brick enthusiast. Each project is original (i.e., not from a LEGO kit) and is accompanied by how-to schematics and full-color original photographs of the finished object. Dangerous and exciting projects include: TomahawkBroadswordClaymore (two-handed sword)Ninja throwing starM1911 pistolSiege towerGatling gunMK2 grena...